Ben Gvir criticizes Netanyahu’s previous policies dealing with Hamas terror group

National Security Minister and far-right leader Itamar Ben Gvir joins the criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the premier’s now-deleted post on X criticizing security chiefs over the October 7 Hamas invasion and massacres.

“The problem isn’t specific warnings, but rather the entire mistaken concept. The policy of containment, the imaginary deterrence, and buying temporary quiet for an exorbitant price” are the root of the entire problem, says Ben Gvir on X in reference to Netanyahu’s post that he never received any warning of an impending Hamas attack.

Ben Gvir, the leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, says however that such a discussion “is not for now,” but adds that there will be “a lot of time afterwards for an accounting,” alluding to the position he will likely adopt after the war against Netanyahu’s past policies of trying to contain Hamas.